The material

Glass is a solid produced from a molten substance. From a physical viewpoint, glass is an undercooled liquid. At room temperature, glass is solid, at approximately 1,000 °C it is formable and at temperatures of between 1,400 °C and 1,650 °C it melts. Glass has many positive and practical properties which make it an indispensable packaging for foods, beverages or cosmetics, innovative glass fibre optic cables for data transmission and practical glass ceramic cooktops.

The properties of glass are listed below:

• ... it is a material made of natural and nature-identical raw materials.

• ... it is an inorganic melt product.

• ... it is a versatile material.

• ... it is a material that can be used for many different applications.

• ... it can withstand high temperatures.

• ... it is dimensionally stable yet still formable.

• ... it is an absolutely gas-tight packaging material, inert, tasteless and does not interact with other materials.

• ... it is 100% recyclable.